Meanings
alternative unremovable
- not comparableNot removable; immovable; inflexible.
In the pursuit of its objectives the party creates a political machine which is virtually irremovable and can nearly always impose its will on the electors without violating the system of representation, while at the same time creating and furthering its own professional or factional interests.
1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 281
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Italic*n̥-
- Latinin-
- Latinir-
- Englishir-
- Proto-Italic*wre-
- Latinre-
- Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
- Proto-Italic*moweō
- Latinmoveō
- Latinremoveō
- Old Frenchremovoir
- Anglo-Normanremover
- Middle Englishremoven
- Englishremove
- Englishremovable
- Englishirremovable
Translations
Bulgarian неотстраним, несменяем
- неотстраним (neotstranim)not removable
- несменяем (nesmenjaem)not removable
Greek αμετασάλευτος
- αμετασάλευτος (ametasáleftos)not removable
Cite this entry
irremovable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/irremovable
“irremovable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/irremovable. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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